Only term limits can protect our politicians.

An illegal multi-storied building on defense land in Mumbai where politicians, ex army generals and civil servants own apartments, often not in their own names, has come to be known as the Adarsh scam. Just one among the myriad scams perpetrated on the nation by this Congress led government. So what? The Congress has been looting and betraying the nation for over 50 years so what is the big deal? Like the Commonwealth Games scam and the Coalgate scam, and unlike the 2G scam, the Adarsh scam is a purely Congress enterprise without any help from its coalition partners. Much like the Bofors scam in days of yore. And much like Bofors, the CBI wants to drop the case against the previous Congress Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan because the governor is refusing permission for his prosecution. So, so different from Gujarat where the governor has not stopped any of the scores of false charges against Narendra Modi of the BJP. In UP, which has always been known as a lawless state, members of the ruling party are now being shot dead in public in broad daylight. Leader of the Samajwadi Party Youth Brigade, Arvind Yadav, with 16 criminal cases against him, was shot dead in Barabanki, 25 kms from the state capital, Lucknow. He was chased through a busy street, shot thrice and the killers left after making sure that he was dead. Good riddance it maybe but it reinforces our complete contempt for all politicians. Meanwhile in Bihar, the other state also renowned for its criminals, the Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar is looking to sack 576 government officials for taking bribe. Mr Kumar was elected with the support of the BJP but his ambitions to become Prime Minister made him break off the alliance to get " minority votes ". The Congress naturally encouraged him by promising special status for Bihar, with increased allocation of funds from the center. The Congress will do anything, including destroying the economy, to keep Mr Modi from becoming Prime Minister because he may look into the affairs of The Family. Having broken up the alliance the Congress is now embracing Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav. Mr Yadav has been released on bail after serving just 2 months of a 5 year sentence for the Fodder scam while Mr Kumar is hanging on as head of a minority government with Congress support, ready to be a sacrificial lamb at Congress's choosing. Poor politicians. Only term limits will save them.